RS232 on PocketPC

"Marc Ramsey" <marc@ranlog.comREMOVE> wrote in message
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> TheDoc wrote:
> > Both the older HP jornada series and the newer Dell Axim support 232
> > forget USB/232.. you need a host not a client.
>
> The Axim serial port uses 3.3V logic levels, so it can not be hooked up
> directly to an RS232 device.  The serial hotsync cable contains an RS232

I said it supported 232, not had 232 levels.. you need a cheap $25 cable
adaptor
to get a 9 pin interface.. same with HP.


> level converter, which is powered by the host PC handshaking lines.
> This makes it pretty much unsuitable for use with most serial GPS units,
> except for those few devices that also provide a 3.3V serial interface.
>
> Most iPAQs have RS232 level serial ports, the exception is the 19xx
> devices, which lack an external connection to the port.
>
> Marc

Joris Dobbelsteen wrote:
> "Ed Beroset" <beroset@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:C9bUc.24043$nx2.8407@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> 
>>I own a Zaurus, but if you're looking exclusively for Pocket PC
>>solutions, you won't want this -- it runs Linux.
>>

> It looks they are retired by Sharp, am I correct?

No, that's incorrect.  In fact, they just released a new model in March 
of this year, the SL-6000.

Ed